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Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839
8/31/2006 1:21 PM
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All persons were evacuated. Waiting for Ikoe to pass, before getting confirmation of wake island. It appears to be underwater, as 50 ft waves hit the Island. At it's highest point is 18 ft. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 1:23 PM | |
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 1:33 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
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Map of offshore drilling
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Typhoon dangers, check map tracking typhoons, compare with oil, gas,petroleum maps. When these areas are hit by hurricanes, typhoons, it will impact industry.
[link to www.spe.org]] |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 1:35 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
Category 5 hurricane approaches Wake Island
Military officials evacuated up to 200 people
Hurricane Ioke became a Category 5 hurricane yesterday morning, with wind speeds near 160 mph and wind gusts as strong as 195 mph.
Hurricane-force winds extended 80 miles out from the eye and tropical storm winds extended 230 miles outward yesterday.
At 7 p.m. yesterday, the weather service reported Ioke was 930 miles east of Wake Island and 1,400 miles southwest of Honolulu, moving in a westerly direction at 14 mph.
The U.S. military maintains an airstrip for emergency landings of trans-Pacific flights. It also has a launch support facility for the U.S. Army Strategic and Missile Defense Command.
www.starbulletin.com
www.wunderground.com
Japan Typhoon Tracking
www.jma.go.jp
offshore oil and gas platforms |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 1:38 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
Current Update
Super Typhoon (STY) 01c (ioke), located approximately 30 nm northwest
of Wake Island, has tracked west-northwestward at 12 knots over the
past six hours. Maximum significant wave height at 311200z is 50
feet.
[link to www.wunderground.com]
Path
[link to www.wunderground.com] |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 1:51 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
Reports slowly uploading to internet.
'Monster' Typhoon Ioke Makes Direct Hit on Wake Island
By VOA News
31 August 2006
Super Typhoon Ioke has made a direct hit on Wake Island, pounding the tiny U.S. Pacific territory with catastrophic winds of up to 300 kilometers an hour.
Ioke is the strongest central Pacific typhoon in at least 12 years. Forecasters expect the "monster" storm to submerge Wake Island and destroy everything on it that is not made of concrete.
Wake is home to a U.S. Air Force base and a scientific outpost, roughly midway between Hawaii and Japan.
The eye of the typhoon skirted the north edge of the coral atoll Thursday. The U.S. Air Force had already evacuated all of the island's 188 residents to Hawaii, 3,700 kilometers across the Pacific.
The residents - Air Force personnel and American and Thai contractors - left Monday aboard two U.S. C-17 Globemaster planes. It was the first time the territory was evacuated in nearly 30 years.
[link to www.voanews.com] |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 1:53 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
USAF Planes to Check Typhoon Damage
AP ScienceUSAF Planes to Check Typhoon Damage
By AUDREY McAVOY
Associated Press Writer
August 31, 2006, 12:57 PM EDT
HONOLULU -- The Air Force plans to fly planes over Wake Island after Typhoon Ioke passes, to see how much damage the storm inflicted on the mid-Pacific U.S. military refueling outpost.
Air Force planes evacuated all 200 of the island's residents on Monday in preparation for what forecasters are calling the most powerful central Pacific tropical storm in a decade.
Visual reconnaissance planes will head out after Ioke clears, said Maj. Clare Reed, spokeswoman for the 15th Airlift Wing at Hickam Air Force Base.
"We're hoping everything turns out well," Reed said. But she said senior Air Force officers would decide what to do with the facility if Ioke causes so much destruction that troops and workers couldn't return immediately.
Forecasters have predicted the storm would submerge the 2.5-square-mile island and demolish any non-concrete structures.
"This thing is so strong that it's just going to clean things out, unfortunately," said Tim Craig, National Weather Service lead forecaster in Honolulu.
The typhoon has lost little of its strength in recent days, packing winds of 155 mph and gusts of 190 mph as it headed toward Wake Island Wednesday.
Ioke was expected to pass closest to the isle around 8 p.m. Thursday. Hurricane force winds will likely start battering the island several hours before.
Forecasts called for the storm to head northwest toward Japan over the open ocean after it passes over Wake Island. It is likely to gradually lose some of its power in coming days. No populated islands lie in Ioke's immediate path.
Wake Island, 2,300 miles west of Honolulu and 1,510 miles east of Guam, is a U.S. military refueling outpost run by the Air Force.
Ioke is the first Category 5 hurricane to develop in the central Pacific since record keeping began in the early 1960s.
It also is the most powerful storm to pass through the central Pacific since hurricanes Emilia and Gilma, both in July 1994.
[link to www.newsday.com]
new path shows where Ikoe will hit next.
I will post when I get it. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 3638
8/31/2006 1:58 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
how doe sthat little island get power? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 1:59 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
possible path. click to enlarge
https://metoc.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc/warnings/wp0106sa.gif |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 86732
8/31/2006 2:01 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
how doe sthat little island get power? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3638
Diesel and Solar |
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nosy Woo Woo
User ID: 8824
8/31/2006 2:04 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
I don't suppose there are any webcams?
That'd be a helluva shwo! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 2:06 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
how doe sthat little island get power? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3638
Electricity - capacity: NA kW
note: electricity supplied by the US military
Telephone system: satellite communications; 1 DSN circuit off the Overseas Telephone System (OTS)
domestic : NA
international: NA
Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM NA, shortwave NA
note : Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio service provided by satellite
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: NA
note: Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) television service provided by satellite
[link to permanent.access.gpo.gov]
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of the US; launch support facility is part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS) administered by US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC)
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/wq.html |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 2:15 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
used by US military, some commercial cargo planes, as well as the US Army Space and Strategic Defense Command for missile launches
No web cams, due to Military defence.
Location: Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands
Geographic coordinates: 19 17 N, 166 36 E
Map references: Oceania
Area:
total: 6.5 sq km
land: 6.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative: about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Coastline: 19.3 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea : 12 nm
Climate: tropical
Terrain: atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 6 m
Natural hazards: occasional typhoons
Environment - current issues: NA
Environment - international agreements:
party to: NA
signed, but not ratified: NA
Geography - note: strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; emergency landing location for transpacific flights
People
Population: no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are 302 US military and contract personnel (July 1995 est.)
Government
Country name:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form : Wake Island
Data code: WQ
Dependency status: unincorporated territory of the US; administered by the US Army and Strategic Defense Command since 1 October 1994
National capital: none; administered from Washington, DC
Independence: none (territory of the US)
Flag description: the flag of the US is used
Economy
Economy - overview: Economic activity is limited to providing services to US military personnel and contractors located on the island. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.
Electricity - capacity: NA kW
note: electricity supplied by the US military
Electricity - production: NA kWh
note: electricity supplied by the US military
Electricity - consumption per capita: NA kWh
Communications
Telephones: NA
Telephone system: satellite communications; 1 DSN circuit off the Overseas Telephone System (OTS)
domestic : NA
international: NA
Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM NA, shortwave NA
note : Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio service provided by satellite
Television broadcast stations: NA
note: Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) television service provided by satellite
Ports and harbors: none; two offshore anchorages for large ships
Merchant marine: none
Airports: 1
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (1996 est.)
Transportation - note: formerly an important commercial aviation base, now used by US military, some commercial cargo planes, as well as the US Army Space and Strategic Defense Command for missile launches
Military
Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the US |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 137966
8/31/2006 2:34 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
Well, well... fancy that! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 86590
8/31/2006 2:36 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 137973
8/31/2006 2:51 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
at 18 ft at the highest point it is no where to be |
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answer
User ID: 91000
8/31/2006 3:11 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
I don't suppose there are any webcams?
That'd be a helluva shwo! Quoting: nosy Woo Woo 8824
I'm sure they do; but dont hold your breath; the USAF will release the images in 50 years perhaps IF any cameras survive.. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 3:12 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
at 18 ft at the highest point it is no where to be Quoting: Anonymous Coward 137973
Ioke sunk our missile site!
launch support facility is part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS) administered by US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC)
Still awaiting recon report for status. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 137986
8/31/2006 3:36 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
WOW |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 3:38 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
latest satt. image
[link to www.npmoc.navy.mil]
Hit wake Island at cat 5, now cat 4.
https://metoc.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc/warnings/wp0106sa.gif
projected path Japan.
Military has not released damage report for wake island.
checking email. post when I can.. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 138010
8/31/2006 4:41 PM | |
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 138010
8/31/2006 4:46 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 138010
Game over for the conspirators in Wake
See graphs in link |
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Michele
User ID: 138005
8/31/2006 4:53 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
I do not recall being up that high,18ft. Maybe on the roof of the terminal? They had nearly been destroyed back in the beginning of the 60ss or the 50s as when I was there there very few trees of any kind,all having been wiped out by a typhoon and when flying through there in 62-63 even Guam had much to be rebuilt after a typhoon did alot of damage to our base there too. It struck me as odd when we,World airways,no longer would be flying there as a result of switching to 707s ,no longer using Connies and DC6s that our US was spending $300,000 installing air conditioning in the airport. Flying Tigers and the other MATS contract carrriers were no longer going to br using this or staying there. I hope when they look for it they bring enough fuel to get back to Hawaii or go to Guam as the first time I flew there we flew around and around and around and finally spotted it and now if they can't visually id it????????????????? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 5:08 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
While the usa seems to only be intrested in John, and ernesto, a super typhoon slips by.
Typhoon IOKE appeared in the right-hand edge of Typhoon Front. If you switch the screen to satellite imagery, you can see the eye and sprial clouds sorrounding the core.
[link to front.eye.tc]
[link to eye.tc]
Still remains cat 4.
According to data from NOAA at Real-time meteorological observations at Wake Island, at cat 5.
Tide charts.
[link to tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov]
since reports are under control of the us military for wake island, one can only guess, wake island was totally destroyed/submerged
HURRICANE IOKE BECOMES FIFTH CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE IN CENTRAL
PACIFIC AND UNOFFICIALLY HOLD THE LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE RECORD
IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC...
Current Weather Conditions:
Wake Island, Wake Island Army Airfield Airport, GU, United States
Data stoped transmitting since the 28th
[link to weather.noaa.gov]
Current data
[link to agora.ex.nii.ac.jp]
Honolulu Forecast ,Philippines, Iwo Jims,Guam, China Japan tracking Ioke. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 5:15 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
HI Michele, It musy be gone, and the surrounding islands possibally. I can't get any info. hurricane trackers, airforce recon. damage assesment. Thanks for the imput.
Interesting 138010
Thanks for the link |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 137623
8/31/2006 5:48 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
 Wake me when its over. |
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Michele
User ID: 138005
8/31/2006 5:56 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
I hope the best for it as I still dream about the place and in my dreams I am flying again and revisiting it. It was kind of Peter Pan time for me on Wake. The water for snorkeling was fantastic and spent hours doing just that or water skiing in the lagoon. walking into the walk-in drive-in theatre,the bars were fun and they even had a bowling alley and riding motocycles. Watching the japanese outside the reef dismantling the Suva Maru which we had shelled during the war,,with part of her hull still present on the horizon. I really have very fond memories of it and the airline and us service people there and the Philipino cooks which are the best. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 6:30 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
guam/northern mariana islands commonwealth USA((CNMI) includes Saipan, *Tinian, Rota, and the Farallon de Medinilla (FDM).
) satt.
[link to www.goes.noaa.gov]
Saipan Island in the Mariana group,
Saipan
Military Sealift Command ships routinely anchor off Saipan. Maritime Prepositioning Ship [MPS] Squadron Three, normally in the Guam/Saipan area, has four ships. The ships are crewed by civilians under contract to the U.S. Military Sealift Command. MPSRON Three ships operate out of Guam and Saipan without a permanent homeport in that area.
[link to www.globalsecurity.org]
US Military
northern mariana islands commonwealth USA((CNMI)
[link to www.globalsecurity.org]
Guam military, see links on the right hand side for more info.
[link to www.globalsecurity.org]
1st 2nd 5th Battalion Marines?
Wake Atoll is situated 2004 nautical miles west of Honolulu and thirteen hundred two (1302) nautical miles northeast of Guam; it has an area of about two and one-half square miles. Wishbone-shaped, the atoll lies at 19 degrees, 18 minutes, of latitude north of the Equator and 166 degrees, 35 minutes, of longitude east of Greenwich, England.
Aside from the occasional government employee or contractor, Wake Island is uninhabited. The atoll has approximately 300 inhabitants. Since October 1, 1994, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (within the Office of the Secretary of Defense) has funded Wake's actual administration, which the U.S. Army Strategic and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) carries out under a use permit. Additional use is allowed on a case by case basis to support U.S. interests.
The Wake Island target launch facilities include one 50K launcher and a stool launcher for HERA at Wake Island and missile storage and build-up facilities. The Wake Island facilities are being upgraded to support future mandated Multiple Simultaneous Engagement tests of TBM interceptors.
Wake Island
19°16'N 166°35'E to track current projected path of Typhoon Ioke. Will Ioke hit these islands, or projected path to Japan? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 138010
8/31/2006 6:33 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
"interceptors"
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 6:35 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
suppose to be some beautiful fish, and birds at wake Michele.
I posted the other islands in the area too. I can't tell what path Ikoe will take. Not to much media attention on Ioke, even though it's broken some records!
Must be a HS issue, since military bases are in it's path. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18839 (OP)
8/31/2006 7:11 PM | | Re: Wake Island Submerged! Typhoon Ioke | Quote |
Last update had Ioke NEAR 20.2N 165.3E
mariana islands commonwealth USA(CNMI)It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines, at 15°1′2″N, 145°4′5″EIt consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines, at 15°1′2″N, 145°4′5″E
Guam is located at 13°26′31″N, 144°46′35″E
different projections
[link to www.cwb.gov.tw]
with wake Island destroyed/submerged, it could give china, and NK better offence. |
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